September 28, 2018 – Facility Management Corporation (FMC Ice Sports) of Pembroke, Massachusetts, USA has purchased and installed five more REALice systems for five separate facilities it manages on behalf of the State of Massachusetts’ Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR). With this latest purchase there are seven...
When we first started introducing REALice to Canada in 2013 we started in British Columbia through the large scale pilot program with FortisBC. Ten arenas where equipped throughout the province. Now, five years later we are happy to announce that we have deployed 57 systems across Canada and also reached the...
At REALiceCanada we are often asked where does the air go? That can be a bit complicated. But, we thought we’d take a stab at explaining this in terms everyone will understand. How it’s always been done: Ice has traditionally been made with hot water. Old school...
People often ask us, how it is possible to build new ice from scratch using only the REALice handheld device? And, wouldn't it take a very long time to build enough ice in the rink for the ice resurfacer to run on it? In the picture...
Laura Stewart writes about REALice in INK online, School of Journalism in Regina - 06 February 2018 When Vancouver coach Guido Lamberti-Charles’ young players hit the ice, they don’t give much thought to how it feels under their skates. “They just want to play,” Lamberti-Charles said. But when he...
Great question! For owners and municipalities alike, quality ice is the product you're selling. Of course, ice quality itself is largely subjective -- we've heard of rinks where no one ever complains until the home team loses a big game! As a rule of thumb,...
If you saw the ice at the Oilfields Regional Arena in Black Diamond, Alberta, you would never imagine the ice plant producing such great ice is what most ice makers would consider underpowered or "sub-par". But it is -- and has been long before Les Quinton became...
Here are six really EASY-TO-DIGEST nuggets highlighting 2017! 1. The FortisBC 30-second video 2. CBC News reports on REALice 3. Peterborough Examiner reports on REALice 4. Enbridge Gas Case Study on REALice at the George Bell Arena in Toronto 5. City of Brampton’s Energy Manager’s REALice presentation 6. Video testimonial from...
What’s the best temperature to be running your ice at? People may also ask us about brine or glycol set point too. We know that indoor ice arenas are like living organisms, with temperatures that vary from rink to rink — and from pad to pad. That...
CBC News highlights the City of Kamloops, BC who has already converted two of their arenas to cold water flooding using the REALice system and saving thousands of taxpayers dollars annually thus far. After finding success at the smaller community arenas, the City is ready to...